#tech knight silver

[silverequation]

i really wanna know what the deal with Tech Knight Chrono Silver is. Silver is so OP already why could he possibly need power armor, charge boots, EMP blasts, PK enhancers, a future visor, a future sword and electro hologram clones? what could make Silver need all that?

[tsubomiiiii]

Timeless Hero

[kimberlyannharts]

In your picture post of the VR Troopers.

Look at them just standing there. Letting their VRussy just hang out like that.

Ryan just letting all his enemies know where to aim

[ventique18]

???: "Now now, Malleus. You're turning up the tension a bit too much. You'll scare off everyone."

Lilia: "Boo!"

Grim falls over from shock!

Lilia: "Wahaha!! Long time no see, all of you. Are you doing well?"

Grim: "Lilia! Don't scare us like that!"

Malleus: "Lilia, were you too excited to even regard me? ... Come here."

Malleus: "... Everything that happened was because of my own shortcomings. Words fail to express how deeply regretful I am for the trouble I've caused everyone."

"Please accept my sincerest apologies, from the bottom of my heart."

"To the people of the International Council of Magic, The Land of Dawn, Sage's Island, The Island of Woe, Briar Valley... And of course, to the gentlemen of Night Raven College."

"I am deeply grateful to your generosity for giving someone like me, as flawed as I am, a chance to learn from my mistakes."

"In order to meet your expectations, I shall never forget to reflect upon myself, and do my utmost to never repeat the same mistakes."

"And finally..."

"Silver, Sebek. Come forward."

Both: "Yes, sir..!"

"The fact that I can spend this moment with the people I love, like this,

"Was because you two had the courage to stand up to me."

"When a king loses his way, those who do not fear him and seek to tell him right from wrong are those who are truly loyal... is what Her Majesty the Queen said."

"For your loyalty and for everything you've done, I shall bestow upon you a gift."

Ohhh! He formally gave them their knight's armor!! Apparently they were supposedly destroyed in battle, but Malleus had them specially repaired for them. He wasn't able to retain the high-tech stuff inlaid by the STYX people though LMAOOO.

So then Lilia makes a joke about how Mystium is so precious in this day and age that if Sebek and Silver melted their armors, they'd sell it for enough to build a mansion or two. They have emergency savings now!

Sebek and Silver screamed that they will never do that LMAOOOO.

Malleus: "And one more thing."

"On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen Maleficia, I formally bestow upon you the title of Knights of Briar Valley."

[t4tmetalsonic]

Silver the hedgehog for real !!!

(chrono silver soon to be in speed battle btw)

Silver the Hedgehog is sooo Y2K/late 90s futurism coded to me.

[cryptotheism]

The city was drowned slow, its ankles tied to the moon as the tide rose to meet it.

Blind and reaching, its tongue cracked and split with thirst, its thousand iron throats burning with salt and pollution, desperate to drink, the head of Teleth Avaris sank deeper beneath the waves. A hundred more hydroelectric dynamos. A thousand. Ten thousand. Breathe in, let the sea flood your lungs. Let it pressed its weight upon the sternum of Teleth Avaris, and beat upon it with a tidal rhythm to spur its thousand hearts. Breathe out, feel the salt burn as it escapes your lungs. The sea staunches the atomic piles, distilling itself on the city's fever heat.

There was an impulse to abandon the low places, to cast the unwanted and unworthy into the dark, to climb higher, to build on their corpses. But not here. The pumps refused to die. As the great sprawl of Teleth Avaris was cast to the sea, the pumps continued. Time would march on. The low places were scoured of their materials, their technology, their working masses. Yet the pumps continued. The city built higher, piling itself above the waves, sealing its orphaned thralls in its cast-off shells. Yet the pumps continued. For all the filth the high places cast into the dark, the pumps continued.

The gates were sealed, the old blocks quarantined. Networks of communication died. Diagnostic panels went dark. The nature and structure of the deep was lost to history. Yet the pumps continued.

Time passed. Records were lost. Official inquiries into city infrastructure returned only ancient blueprints and useless maps. Inquiries became expeditions, surveyor teams sent deep to explore the abandoned cargo shafts. The roots of Teleth Avaris became unmapped places. Theories turned to stories. They said the old machines are still running, whole automated armies of maintenance drones. They say legions of lobotomite husks keep the water-wheels turning. Stories turned to legends. They say the deep is a lost nation, a rouge state that lives of the trash from the city above. They say it is a bunker, a guarded enclave where the old lords are cloistered in paranoia. Legends to myth. They say the deeps are a holy kingdom, a paradise where life is long and beautiful and the old world never died. They say it is a city of ghosts, a hell where sinners turn the dynamos for all eternity. Expeditions became pilgrimages. Yet the pumps continued. There was something in the deep.

Slaves combed through the runoff. Prisoners and lobotomites on stilted prosthetics picked life debts in the processing basins, minds mirrored along cybernetic proxies under careful watch. They worked without rest, their hands whittled into probes for testing the value of bodies and machines. Rigged overseers in military armor scanned for mechanical faults and disobedience as field techs kept watch over minds and circuitry.

Time passed. Peasants worked the processing fields. Children born with tall shins and smooth dense flesh sang as they trawled the processing basins. Plumber-knights patrolled the far marches. They returned with songs of strange beasts and great hunts. Irriation-sages tended to the forest reefs where the bodies necrosed to crops. The abandoned processing basins bloomed with lilies in the summer, roots tangled with old bones and neurocircuitry. The king was dead.

Lay-clerics divined wisdom from the bodies in the water. Salt-spoiled bones and corroded motherboards became syllables of the divine hymn. Discarded knuckles were whittled to dice for children's games. Bloated stomachs were dried and tanned for ballgames. It was winter in the deep and the water was cleaner, cooler from snow-melt on high. The Holy and Sacred Order of Water Treatment wore cloaks woven from synthetic furs and reclaimed silver wire. They did not need to, but it helped fight the chill. The druids built shrines of pseudo-driftwood and terracorals about the diagnostic stations. They would sit in silent meditation beneath the wireless towers, relay-staves thrust into the wires in communion with the diagnostic spirits. It would be a good harvest this year. Long live the queen.

At the root of the pumps were the mourning stacks. Where bodies and machines were piled for processing. Work lines became necropoli, morgues for holy burial. Here augments were cut from flesh, metal sorted by its alloy, organs preserved and reclaimed. At the north lay the tomb of the old king, his body embalmed in resin lest he rise again one day.

Above bloomed the sanctum. In a time now lost to history, it was little more than offices and residences. Old-world bioconcrete melded with terrestrial coral, cut and shaped by secret geometries into a cathedral of municipal irrigation. Verandas of sea-green fan corals, colonnades of deep blue staghorn, great arches of maroon finger coral, all carved over centuries into a living basilica of the pumps. Within, beside an empty throne, sat the queen.

(more)

[twistedpink]

retraumatized Lilia giving reader that 1000 yard stare because not only do they look exactly like Raverne, they have Meleanor’s personality AND was a knight back in their world just like the knight of dawn.

I’ve learned that if I ignore lost asks then they’ll make their way back eventually, this one was adventuring for a week!! (It’s always the Lilia ones)

(contains spoilers for the first ~60 chapters of book 7!)

Even after all the years of reflection and busying himself, there are the rare moments that he lingers on his general days. Lilia didn’t allow himself to grieve- he’s never had the time between child rearing and shenanigans, but you’ve sent him right back to that awful time. It’d be going against your oath to not take responsibility, wouldn’t it?

“Nostalgic”!Lilia that is drawn to you, more than he’s been towards any human since Silver. He’s seen far too many faces since the invention of “moving pictures”, it’s obscene! But you, with the confident eyes of Raverne, and frankly bratty (he says this with affection) attitude of Meleanor is uncanny,, It’s exactly what he’d imagined Malleus as before his birth, and you will never know just how magnificent you are.

“Nostalgic”!Lilia can’t bear the thought of leaving you to those “teenage vultures”, so he’s gotta take you under his wing! (Third time’s the charm ig) The tech in your world is severely lacking, and you use the new freedom like any founding father would- Blurry Polaroids litter Lilia’s walls now more than ever, but they’re the closest thing he’ll ever have to the portraits of Raverne he enjoyed tolertated so many years ago,, You have his same too-sweet smile, but you’re much too forthright to smooze your way towards anything substantial. It’s what he likes about you, so human :)

“Nostalgic”!Lilia’s gears turn frantically for you. He feels a duty to aid your cause. It’s for nothing nefarious,, You just make him think. He’s sad that maybe in another universe where you looked or sounded different he hadn’t approached you and had not been able to enjoy your presence- Simply because you’re his friend. He has no debts to pay in his retirement, and it is his choice to help a buddy out!

If there is anything that Lilia has made peace with, it’s that people can change, and they do very often! He admires humans the most for their flippancy, and hopes to embody it with his new freetime. You mortals are only around for a few decades, but you sure as hell make it count! Never judge a book by it’s cover or else you might miss your new favourite! You’re definitely one of his better titles, and a little “shock” never deterred him in the slightest <3

[rwac96]

Fallout AU

When ruby heard jaune was in patch, she immediately hurried to where jaune was, dragging Oscar with her (she just wants to see and drool all over his T-51 power armor)

(previously)

"C'mon, Oscar!" Ruby Rose shouts, sprinting towards the market where her sister is. "I don't wanna miss this!"

"You mean that T-51 Power Armor?" The freckled farmer inquires as he's dragged along by Ruby.

"Of course!" She says with glee, "It's THE Face of Old World Tech!"

"Uh-Huh," Oscar nods in understanding, "tech mainly used by the Brotherhood of Steel."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

The duo turned their attention to Jaune, dressed in the famous power armor. Ruby lets out a happy squeal, sprinting towards the blonde knight and then running around him. She gawked and fangirled over the armor, while her sister, girlfriend, and the white-haired Vault Dweller stared at the scene unfolding.

"And that's my tech-geek sister, Ruby," Yang gestures to her excited sister with her prosthetic arm. "And the freckled dude is Ruby's boyfriend."

"What?!" Oscar looked in confusion, his cheeks turning crimson.

"YANG!!" Ruby lowered her notepad and pen, glaring at her older sister. "Seriously?!"

"Nice to meet you, too," Weiss said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Weiss," the mutant tribal Blake chided the girl, "be nice."

"Oh," Ruby's silver eyes sparkled as she spotted the Dwller's Pip-Boy. "A Pip-Boy? You're from a Vault!"

"I am," the white-haired traveler replies, rubbing the back of her neck. "Let me guess: It's a marvel of Vault-Tec?"

"Well, that," Ruby answers with a shrug, "and my Mom's from a Vault."

"What?" Weiss looked at the young mechanic with raised eyebrows. "You're descendant from a Vault Dweller?"

[styxwanderer]

The Wrong Fake Identity | Twisted Wonderland [pt.7]

part 1 Part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 <part 7>

[The final plan in action]

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You are chilling by Idia’s side just sniffing the scent of catnip that is on him, rubbing your cheeks against him.

Idia on the other hand is fighting his pride and soul as he pretended to be nonchalant about it. His hair occasionally flaring pink at the end. He can’t focus at his game at all and so he decided to just cuddle you as he give up his pride, he hoped you stay like this forever or just never remember any if this for the aake of his sanity.

‘BOOM!!!’ 

Idia’s room rattled, jolting him awake as he quickly cramble to his monitor, you in tow of course. 

“Ortho can you… never mind!” He quickly tap into his keyboard opening up the cctv he set up illegally surrounding the school.

“What the..”

“I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME SHROUD! GIVE THEM NACK OR I HAVE YOUR HEAD OFF!” The red haired man spoke in all authority face red as he was riding a tank like vehicle ?! 

“Hiiii! riddle is scary.. and is that.. WHERE THE HECK DID THEY GOT THT?! Dont tell me.. its impossible..”

“Riddle wait, you shouldn’t charge foward without plan like that.” Azul is seen on the steering wheel while trying to make riddle sit back down. 

“Goldfish is funner like this, although he is stealing my style, it should be me who mindlessly charging foward.” 

“Riddle sit back down its dangerous.” Trey tried to persuade.

Another blast now nearer to where idia reside, he could hear a chariot.

“Hand them back now shroud! Or well hope you like living in sand.” Leona said hanging on the side of the chariot, hand on his staff, accompanied with ruggie. 

“BAMMM!!”

Another blast is sound on the opposite side of riddle. 

“Bam bam!This vehicle is pretty fun to blast!” Carter having fun with the not so lethal weapon promptly attached to it. “I agree, please let me have a turn at it, it might be fun to blast a certain fire with it.” Jade smirked. Silver is contemplating if this is alright but come to an agreement that you are taken as hostage so of course he needed to be the knight in shining armour and rescue the defenseless you from the clutches of the fire headed shut in who has taken you hostage on top of the tall building of a dorm which is ignihyde. “I will come to save you, y/n..” 

Vil then came on a same chariot that is suspiciously similar to those in styx and rook is driving it. “Hand y/n over , oh poor y/n i can’t imagine the state of her under your care, probably a diet of energy drinks and junk food. The thought of it!” The lights are flashing through those they cant go near nor can they attach since idia had set up special defense in his dorm especially his room. 

“C’mon idia its not fair to keep her all lock up for you!!” Kalim whined. He is flying in his magic carpet along with jamil. “Kalim please stop moving or we will fall!” Jamil is contemplating that he shouldve taken the over to use the chariots with vil and rook.

“Mr.Shroud enough with this charade, hand over y/n and let it be over. There is a much more dire situation at hand” Crowley shouted into the megaphone, he of course is accompanied by the other staff who is ready in command depending on idia cooperativeness. 

“Geez what’s this, i am completely surrounded..you may have tanks and all but nothing can over power my technology, they could try of course. Hahahaha…:  come to think off, how did they manage to build this kind of contraption in such a short time. The design is kind of familiar too.. don’t tell me..”

“ORTHO! Its you isn’t?! You are betraying your brother now?!” 

“Eurk… im sorry brother.. they held me captureee!!” The poor robot speak. 

“No matter, you can fire all you like but none of you could get a scratch on me with that kind of tech, try me hahahaha.” 

“Oh the faith of me, to have to be a headmage for these kinds of students, i could feel a headaches coming by.”

“COCKY ARE WE?! We’LL SEE ABOUT THAT!”

“Quite the arrogance you have shroud.“ the king of fae irked as he tried to pry off the shield. The shield did actually bent but it takes much energy.

“I hate technology.” He uttered.

“This is the first time i felt the same way.” Said the old bat.

“Eek.. these op character actually can pry my shield off I need to think of something.”

The two keep trying to pry it open giving an opening for their friends.

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Meanwhile, the first year (minus one) are tasked with a very important task

A kidnapping mission to be exact 

The six of them had been covered top to bottom with the leftover catnip they found. 

Tiptoe they go into dorm. 

<<Insert spy music>>

Epel freezing every encounter with an alerting students.

Ace and deuce the tweedledee tweedledum occasionally bickering with grim

Jack trying very hard to keep the trio idiots silent, no bickering.

But most of all they are keeping sebek booming voice to echo through the dorm.

Ortho was unavailable since he too is part of the distraction team.

“Hush you all! Look! That is idia room, in sure its locked with whatever bullshit he manage to come up with.” Epel pointed out.

“Ortho any idea how to slip into?” Jack whispered to the watch like communicating device given by Ortho. 

“Hmmm.. if you could get me near the panel i could enter the code he usually used.”

“Great now hurry.” Ace pushed them forward impatiently. 

“He-hey wait!..” 

The rest followed cautiously.

“Ok big brother usually used this..”

‘Beep.. beep… beep..’

“TRINGGGGGGGGG… access denied.. access denied.”

A loud alarm ring coming from the door panel making all six of them cover their ears from the noisy screeching ring. 

“Uwahhh!!” Ortho too was shocked. 

“Hahahaha.. you i would fall for the basicest trick in the book.. and to think you choose to do the same trick with the catnip, how unoriginal.. too bad it don’t work on me… now Rest . In . Peace !” Idia voice was heard through the intercom shocking the seven of them.

“Damn it as i thought so from my genius brother.”

A panel open for a gun to come out of it. 

“TAKE COVER!” Sebek shouted.

"pew pew pew" idia enthustiastically fire the blast.

The stun gun blasts aiming at the first-year students.

“Arghhh!!” Epel was the first victim to fall down.

“Epel! man down! Man down!” deuce shouted.

Epel is stunned unable to move nor speak but the expression on his face is clear, that boy is committing a homicide.

“I summon thee, CAULDRON!” 

“I summon thee, CAULDRON!” 

“I summon thee, CAULDRON!” 

“Hey! Deuce watch it!” Grim growled as one of the cauldron almost landed on his head

“Everyone get behind the cauldron!!.” Deuce frantically said as he prop it up as a shield.

Jack who had retrieved Epel stunned body and hide under the cauldron.

All of them unable to move.

“Plan failed i repeat plan failed!!” Jack shouted to the communication watch. 

A square projection of Idia, who is still covered by catnip  and you cuddling  him suddenly appeared. 

“is Is that all you have? A simple trick by the book? To think an op SSR character cannot bring down a genius. Hahahahahha.”

That of course caused an irk on everyone’s face.

“GOD DAMMIT !” Riddle scoffed.

“Heh who said that all, i will swipe that smug face in an instant.” Leona smirked

“Yes, we do have more to it don’t we?” Vil joined in.

“No you are bluffing!” Idia now sweating and uncertain himself. 

Of course they are bluffing, they want Idia to falter giving them an opening or some kind. 

All that aside we come back to you, and the you who is in Idia’s lap who have been purring deep in the scent of catnip had grown bored. Here you are, in front of many button panels, glowing button panels.

Abandon humanity, cat neurons activated. 

You begin to boop each button.

“Hey!! Hey!! Stop!!” Idia is frantically trying to fix whatever you did or touch. You are enjoying the button smash like a game of hit the mole, meanwhile idia is crying internally because the shield that he built and the weapons are all glitching. 

“Hey hey!!” 

“ a miracle cat~” floyd shouted. 

All of them are to witness your chaotic nature that prey upon those shiney buttons.

“Go y/n!! SMASH EM BUTTON!” Ace and deuce cheered.

“ thats my henchman!! Smash em button!”

“Go y/n!”

The first year all cheer.

“Thats it good cat, press all of the light up button!” Crewel whom had stolen the megaphone from Crowley.

“No stop..”

“NOOOOOO!!”

The machines circuited, all the defense and offense dead on spot, rendering idia defenseless. 

You unaware of whatever had happened stay in his lap as he slumped. 

“You.. youu!!” 

He turned you around trying to lecture you. 

“Hmm?”

But a look of your face with the cute cat ears, he was steaming red not from his anger but from the butterflies in his stomach.

“Darn it..” he then went back to hugging you. At least he will be caught dead cuddling you not alone. 

“You are cornered now, Shroud!” Leona shout could be heard from outside.

“ bust the door down jack!” Riddle whom hd just arrived in front of the door shouted

‘BAM! BAM! BAM!’

The door is slowly breaking open. Footsteps could be heard coming in front of the door.

Once the door bust open all of the people surrounding was pouring inside the room.

“Now time to give them back.”

“Huuu..” idia sulked.

“Im sorry brother..”

“No way no way no way!!” He said hugging you tightly as if you are plushie.

“Stop being a kid! Now!”

“Arghh!”

‘Pooff’

A purple-pink cloud spout and enveloped the room before another chaos could begun.

“Uwahhhh!! What is this?!”

‘Cough, cough!’

“Don’t breathe the smoke!”

Now the students spilled outside of the room leaving the clouded room. 

Idia is in wonder, why had you become so … light? “ huh??” 

Once they were all outside and their sight restored they are in wonder, question marks could be seen in their face. 

Because the figure in idia’s arm is no longer you.. it is you, but not in your figure..

You had turned into a cute cat.

“Nyaan~”

They could do nothing but stare a gape.

“A..AAAA” 

“SHE TURNED….” Grim shouted

“INTO…” ortho continued 

“A CAT?!” All of them screamed in panic.

“Move out of the way, out of the way!” Crewel shoved the poor unfortunate students standing in his way, as he went to pick up your furry figure, shoving Idia too in process.

He held up a bottle of blue liquid, cradling you in his arm like a baby, “bow drink this.” He tip the bottle slowly, making you drink with your new mouth. 

“Ohh strawberry flavour, no wait blue berry? No wait cotton candy?” You enjoyed as you drink all of them. 

“HEADMASTER HEADMASTER!” A student ran up to the crowd

“What? im quite busy here.. “

“The inspector has arrived.” The student pants.

“WHATTT?!!”

“HURRYY HURRYY!! oh the headaches!" Crowley complained.

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In the end you are in disguise as crewel pet when the inspector come, even though the dorm leaders protested claiming they could be the house pet of their dorm, but of course these caused another fight so crewel strictly rebutted these appeal and make you his personal pet.

Of course the inspector did some questioning, trying to find fault within the faculty.

“Mr. Crewel, i had thought you are more of a dog person than a cat.” 

“And?”

“It do come quite strange, based on this report the number of students here and the one present did not match could it be?”

“What a baseless accusation is this, what can’t a man love both dogs and cats? Off with you, you are making my baby scared.” He pet your head

“Ah.. alright..” 

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The day has finally over and you too return back to normal, crewel is insisting upon adopting you at least for your own protection, the dorm come to decide that you need to spend a certain amount of time in each dorm wearing their dorm uniform, since they said you look perfect in it, and you being you cannot found the heart to refuse them. 

And so it becomes your routine to spend a week in each dorm, sometimes they insisted that you stay in that dorm for the night too. Every one is pleased and happy unless of course some dorm whom tried to take you when it isn’t their turn and hence a chaotic fight begins once again. 

Oh the stress and headache you put Crowley into, not that he doesn’t deserve it. 

Through and through you just enjoy their chaotic nature and their company, there isn’t a single day that bores you with them around.

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Far away opposite of the island where NRC resides the students of the royal sword academy had gotten words about the cruel treatment of the headmaster to the precious students y/n, you. And hence with the acknowledgement of their headmaster they had made a plan to rescue abduct the poor you away from the nasty claw of those evil villains.

But that is a story for another time.

[ Words 2280]

>> The End<<

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╔ A/N

im sorry for the delay in the last chapter, i had a major writer block, i am not satisfied with the script that i've done and hence i kept reversing and changing it. Thank you for waiting this long,

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[mellowyellow236]

Magical Girl AU

Y’all I swear this is not a ripoff of @/twstfanblog these are just two people who happened to have very similar ideas at the same time. Like, absurdly close together. It's honestly hilarious. They are very different tropes from the same genre I promise. Anyway this is not finished yet I’m just posting the cliff notes right now to prove that these are AU’s completely separate from each other. Peak into the oven before it goes right back inside to finish cooking. 

The starting plot is that Yuri (my Yuu) was the princess of “Unnamed Kingdom on the Moon”, along with her mother, the queen, and her siblings. While she was still a baby, the kingdom was invaded by the military of Briar Valley- Back then, just Malleus, Lilia, and Rollo- Trying to take it over to sustain their kingdom using the magic released when someone overblots. Yuri is sent away to live on Earth with no knowledge of who she really is, the only clue being the frequent dream that she gets. Years later, when Yuri’s in her last year of high school and finally living alone, a new student named Skully transfers in on the same day she meets a cat on her way to school. When the villains come to get Yuri to get more magic from Earth, her powers awaken and she manages to transform into a Magical Girl to save her homeland and Earth.

Here are some notes for each housewarden and a few other characters... They're mostly incomplete thoughts since I'm not done yet, but still.

Riddle is the student council president and the “tyrant” of the school. He’s going to this school because it is very close to his mother’s work, despite being in the city and away from his house. He becomes a Magical Girl after Leona overblot (after he does so first) once he breaks out of the spell that causes everyone to be unable to move or remember anything while the villains trigger an overblot. 

Leona is only attending the school because of his parents. He wants to drop out and would do so if not for the fact they’d cut him off and he prefers the ability to laze around campus than having to work. 

Azul runs the school store and got into the school via a scholarship. He’s quite popular, although no one knows what middle school he went to. He changed schools going into both middle school and high school. 

Kalim and Jamil both attend, Kalim paying tuition and Jamil on scholarship. Kalim is the student council vice president although Jamil does all of the work. Jamil isn’t really his “servant”, but his parents do work for Kalim’s parents, which sways a lot of what Jamil can say to Kalim. 

Vil is a famous actor/model attending the school, although he misses many days because of it. He and Yuri have met before through a few events they’ve both been at, although they aren’t friends. Vil thinks that Yuri is as silly and naive as Neige, and Yuri thinks that Vil is overly salty and critical of her stage persona when he should know about how the idol industry works. 

Idia is the son of a tech giant who’s forced to start attending school in the middle of the year. He’s scared of everyone and is the only Magical Girl who continues to genuinely not want to fight even after becoming one. 

Malleus is the villain fighting to keep the magic in his kingdom running so all the people can live happily without worrying about “something bad” happening because they lose all their magic. I actually know what in this case I just don’t want to spoil it. Lilia is his general and caretaker, with Silver, Sebek, and Fellow+Gidel being his more recently appointed henchmen/knights. Rollo moved there before the battle with Yuri’s homeland for reasons also not going to be explained because of ~the story~. However, upon realizing that Yuri’s attending school and that she can’t transfer away, Sebek and Silver start attending the school shortly after their first attack. Fellow also “got a job” as a janitor (Showed up and did work and Crowley hasn’t kicked him out because it’s free labor), with Gidel often showing up and helping when he isn’t attending his school, being in his first year of the school’s junior high. 

Neige and Rielle both also attend the school as Yuri’s friends. She finds them fun to hang out with, but they don’t ever meet up after school because she’s always too busy or tired. Rielle went to elementary school with Azul, while Neige knew Vil because they were in childhood acting projects together. 

Crewel, Trein, and Vargas all work at the school as teachers. They found Yuri as a baby and decided to raise her together, especially as Trein’s kids had moved out and Crewel and Vargas weren’t settled down despite reaching their 30s when they found her. Since then, Crowley’s become her fun uncle, and Sam's been her silly cousin, with both of them joining the school as Headmaster/principal and a math teacher, respectively. Crewel teaches science and got Yuri into pageants as a child, Trein teaches history and is the one Yuri actually lived with before moving out in his daughters’ old bedroom, and Vargas is the gym teacher who trained Yuri in a lot of exercise and diet back when she was training to become an idol. 

All of the first years, minus Sebek, are Yuri’s childhood friends that she’s since grown apart from. However, seeing that their baby was growing apart from everyone and seemed to get more and more upset with herself, the staff pulled some strings to get them into the high school Yuri attended. This hasn’t worked so far on Yuri, as she keeps avoiding them and making up excuses to leave whenever they’re around. Although, they seem to claim that there was some sort of misunderstanding, with each having a different memory of the last day she spoke to them… 

All of the other characters I either don’t have an idea for or I haven’t made enough backstory for at the moment. If you have any questions, please ask. If not, the actual story is currently heading back to being written. I’ll probably get it out at around the same time I finish the second chapter of my concubine/royalty AU. I have so much to write and so little time... :,)

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

book 7 part 7 thoughts!

***THIS POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR BOOK 7, PART 7 OF THE MAIN STORY!!***

There are only 16 new chapters total in this update; with this, we are up to chapter 116 in book 7.

You should check out this livestream if you want a more part-by-part summarized translation of what's going on and/or if you want to hear the voices and watch the characters along with the commentary!

Please note: this is NOT meant to be a summary or a translation; these are only my initial thoughts on the events that unfold. There may be details overlooked or misunderstood in this post, so PLEASE do not use this as a translation.

As expected, we start off where we left off last update; Yuu, Grim, Silver, and Sebek have met up with the Shroud brothers. (Lilia is not with them.) According to Idia, they are still in a dream realm since Sebek is still in armor which he cannot bring back into reality. Ortho is present via a projection of some sort.

It's weird seeing Idia, Sebek, and Silver introducing themselves to one another in the main story and acting as though they've NEVER met before; they were all featured in Glorious Masquerade and interacted quite frequently. I'm aware that the main story and events don't share the same timeline, but it's still quite the jarring knowledge gap to witness.

ADFIHBADIYFBIOAFBEWQVUQOCAB SILVER AND SEBEK SUDDENLY CLOSE IN ON IDIA TO PROTECT HIM FROM SOMETHING THEY SENSE, HE CAN'T BREATHE... Waaaah, Idia... You're a princess squished between two pretty boy knights wwww

Idia and Ortho tell us that Malleus is expending a lot of energy to monitor Lilia in particular...? Ortho then goes on to explain that his "individuality" has become useful. Even though he cannot have a UM (okay, so confirmed that Ace is the last one to gain it shjdbahsdbasda), he is the only one capable of transferring his consciousness from one body to another. This is how he was able to reach out to Idia and the others!

Ortho tells them about his Cerberus Gear. We get a flashback of what he was up after getting suited up; he's flying over Sage's Island to collect information on Malleus's UM for STYX.

Thorns pierce through the clouds and Ortho battles them! STYX sends reinforcements (not personnel, but like technology/cannons?) to help Ortho. The thorns form a short of shield over Sage's Island, so he breaks through via a weak point. asdbhbaisdbals It's so unsettling to see the port looking so dark and depressing...

Ortho's mom reminds him he can only stay in there safely for 20 minutes. Aw, she cares so much about Or-kun 😭

It's going to take over several minutes (I think 17) just to analyze the complex nature of Malleus's magic and save it. While the analysis anchor does its job, Ortho has to protect it!

OH SHIT IT'S OB MALLEUS

ebfyvoFoaHhahaahahaHHhahaahah ORTHOS STARTS TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF TECH STUFF LIKE WIRELESS TO EXPLAIN TO MALLEUS HOW HE CHANGED BODIES, Malleus surprisingly understands???? I half expected him to combust on the spot from confusion... DBHLBSYOFOFYAAFIAFIL MALLEUS IS BEING DUNKED ON BY A CHILD, Ortho says that since magic is powered by imagination, Malleus cannot block Ortho's advances or force his new body under sleep since Malleus does not understand tech.

I can't believe him being shit with tech is actually relevant to the plot 💀

AEFHLBFBYFOVYFEQRUROQ OB MALLEUS PROCEEDS TO RESPOND WITH VIOLENCE, HE'S GOING TO DESTROY THE ANALYTICAL ANCHOR SO ORTHO DECIDES TO FIGHT BACK

RIP Or-kun, he could only resist for so long... his attacks have no effect in this domain where Malleus has complete control.

JUST 30 SECONDS BEFORE THE ANALYSIS ENDS, QUICK ORTHO STALL HIM BY SHIT TALKING MORE!!! I KNOW CHILDREN CAN BE SAVAGE, SO UNLEASH YOUR WRATH

HFBFYOAEOFYEEIAFL MALLEUS.?>??? ?? ? ?? ???? HE IMPLIED HE'S GOING TO KILL OFF ORTHO AND THEN GOES OFF (?) ON ONE OF HIS DOGGIE DRONES...

"Good night, little Shroud." You have to hear it for yourself, it sounds very ominous 💀 He really said he ain't above child murder, eh?

??? For a second Malleus froze and his shot missed? So Ortho decides on a strategic retreat with the second dog drone. NO MALLEUS ENDED 02 TOO, IT TOOK A BLOW FOR ORTHO WHILE HE RETRIEVES THE ANCHOR

We cut back to STYX, which is dedicating its resources to creating an opening in Malleus's barrier for Ortho to escape. He clears the barrier!!

Aaaaaaah, another cute moment for Shroud Mama! She and Shroud Papa collapse onto the floor in relief. He has sustained some damage, but his core is intact!

One line I really like from Malleus is him referring to Ortho and others as "uninvited guests" that he's going to chase off no matter what.

NOOOOO THEY CONFIRMED BOTH DOGGIE DRONES GOT MCMURDERED IN THERE OTL Never forgiving Malleus for this, fr (Shroud Mama says she can fix them though so we're all good!)

They tell Ortho "welcome back" and Ortho says "I'm back" 😭 AND THEY GROUP HUG

RUH-ROH

Shroud Papa says that Malleus's UM... reminds him of Grim's magic... WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN

STYX has support from Briar Valley, which should help with their analysis. However, the results so far are not looking good. According to Shroud Papa, the barrier is 99% impossible to destroy unless either Malleus dies OR Malleus chooses to lower the barrier himself.

It's not plausible for Mama to make enough Cerberus Gears for a whole army. Besides, if they they destroy the barrier, Shroud Mama theorizes that they may also accidentally destroy the consciousnesses of everyone on Sage's Island... so that's definitely not an option!

FJLDADBIAFSVYOFFEQFA ORTHOS UGGESTED TELLING MALLEUS "Your grandma is so sad" FROM OUTSIDE THE BARRIER TO CONVINCE HIM TO LOWER THE SHIELD........ . . . ....... . . .. .... .. . . . . .. . . ... . . LIKE IN THE OLD MOVIES

They're now looking into Idia's dream on a monitor? Ortho notices Idia's dorm room does not have Ortho's mainenance dock, so... um, he realizes that Idia must be dreaming about an alternate world where his little brother never passed.

Shroud Mama is going to try and "hack" into the dream spaces. AJAFSVOSvfvfefea SHE HAS A CUTE LITTLE GREMLIN GIGGLE??? She's very fired up because Malleus insulted mankind's best technology, saying it cannot stand up to his magic. (aslbhflasbifabfd THIS IS WHERE IDIA GETS IT FROM????????)

"It's rare to see Idia so happy." LDBHbiadib THIS BOY IS MAD DEPRESSED, LET HIM BE

"Isn't it time that everyone got tired of the dream world and want to return to reality?" No, Shroud Mama. I guarantee you that most TWST fans WANT to stay in Twisted Wonderland and don't want new content to stop coming out, this is our escapism :)

WAAAAAH ORTHO HE'S REPEATING THE LINE VIL TOLD HIM, THEY HAVE TO TRY BECAUSE NOT TRYING IS ALWAYS 0% BUT 0.001% HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO BECOME 100%

Shroud Papa warns Ortho that Idia may reject reality, and therefore "this" Ortho. He's concerned that this will put Ortho through a lot of emotional stress. Shroud Papa wants professionals (psychologists) to try and contact Idia instead of Ortho.

ADFILBAFIYAEGIYQEFBIAF ORTHO HAS SO MUCH FAITH IN HIS OLDER BROTHER, he says Idia would get hype about a cute robot boy trying to get in contact with him, this means he'll become a protagonist like in his light novels!

DNBHdsvyofwFTOwqihbyow8fS WE'RE GOING TO IDIA'S DREAM NOW, he pulled like 3 SSRs of his favorite character (of course he'd dream this, OF COURSE).

Video chat notif from Ortho???

OMG IT'S ROBOT ORTHO AND IDIA FREAKS OUT THINKING IT'S COSPLAY

Ortho reintroduces himself. "It's nice to meet you for the first time in 'this' world!" Idia starts to laugh and assumes it's Ortho's avatar for virtual chat, that kind of thing. Or maybe Ortho is talking about the plot of a new anime?

ILBFIBYADBFADBEFQFIPo; IDIA REPEATS THE EXACT LINES ORTHO SAID HE WOULD SAY, THAT HE'S THE CHOSEN ONE BEING CONTACTED BY A CUTE ROBOT BOY

Here's the breakdown... Idia gets a headache and finally realizes the truth. afhbBIfieeq;ofBHQEF;????? ?the DREMA ORTHO IS CALLING HIMAND TEELLING HIM THE REAL ORTHO IS A FAKE, DON'T LISTEN TO HIM (this is THE definition of gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss).

DREAM!ORTHO TRIES TO PULL IDIA DEEPER INTO THE DREAM, TELLING HIM HE'S JUST SLEEPY FROM GAMING TOO MUCH SO GO BACK TO SLEEP

Oooh, interesting that RSA!Ortho still appears to be similar in body type to Robo!Ortho? I always assumed Ortho was small because Idia kept him "preserved" in the moment of death. Maybe the dream Ortho is just modelled after Robo!Ortho since that's what Idia's memories are familiar with.

Idia loops back around again to the start of his dream, where he is in ceremonial robes and Malleus approaches him. HERE COMES MALLEUS TO GASLIGHT HIS CLASSMATES AGAIN

adhfgyoafdodp THERE'S A LIGHT FROM THE SKY???? TSUMTSUMS???????? GOD?????? AND ANIME ON IDIA'S SIDE?????? OMG, here comes Ortho in his Cerberus Gear come to save the day! Idia recognizes STYX's emblem.

UH-OH, MALLEUSIS PISSED THAT ORTHO SURPRISED HIM TWICE"Stand down, you fools." MALEFICENT ENERGY IS OFF THE CHARTS

Idia recognizes Malleus as being in Overblot adhbafliafa AND THE SKY STARTS CRACKING because Ortho is not meant to exist in this dream. He basically goes against the canon www

Malleus teleports away (yeah, FUCK IDIA I guess) and leaves them to be swallowed by the abyss. Idia's being pulled into the darkness, and their mom's voice comes in warning Ortho to stay away before more damage occurs. Idia recognizes his mom's voice and remembers even more!!

Aw, Ortho promises to save his brother...

Idia is at the gates to the Underworld again? Phantom Ortho says Idia fell there and speaks to him kind of in a friendly manner. "It's too early for a reunion."

asfkjlnsUPBUADGPAGB IDIA IS SO CONFUSED, HE'S WONDERING WHY A PHANTOM IS CALLING HIM BIG BRO, HE STILL BELIEVES THAT HIS BROTHER GOES TO RSA AND THAT THIS IS A NIGHTMARE Idia is sooooo in denial...

Phantom Ortho reassures Idia that his death is not his fault, so please stop blaming himself... that Idia promised he would live without looking back, so he should look at the truth.

WHOOOOO HE REMEMBERS BOOK 6 FELLAS

AYO WE GOT IDIA CRYING AND IT'S ANIMATED, WE SEE THE TEARS ROLLING DOWN HIS CHEEKS, WE WINNIN'

"I'm always being saved by my little brothers (YES PLURAL, WEH), I'm such a pathetic big brother."

Ah, so now Phantom Ortho calls himself "King of the Underworld" says Idia cannot leave since it's not a good example for the rest of the phantoms. It's going to be the boss!

OOOOOH IDIA'S HAIR GOES FULL DIFFERENT COLOR + new facial expression (we previously only saw the hair change color in his Dorm Uniform Groovy and his Suitor Suit Groovy).

IDIA CALLS HIS FAMILY CURSE A BLESSING, he gets more power in areas with lots of blot since there is more fuel for him to burn. HASDIYASODBASID IDIA OBS TO FIGHT PHANTOM ORTHO??????? IS THIS A PREVIEW FOR OVERBLOT CARDS OR SOMETHING

They have the same battle lines about how they will be "free"...

IDIA'S CRINGE ERA RETURNSSSSSSSS (he's making those cringe sound effects of blowing things up) and claims the title of "King of the Underworld" (the same title given to players who own 10 cards of a particular character).

afhbabilfbialfi IDIA LAUGHS SO HARD HE CHOKES

He finally uses his UM to open the gates and escape, telling Phantom!Ortho he cannot stay there. PHANTOM!ORTHO LOVINGLY WISHES HIS BROTHER SAFE TRAVELS, AW "The whole universe is waiting for you."

Idia tries to wake up and hears Dream!Ortho's voice??? BUT IDIA IS FULLY AWAKE NOW, HE KNOWS IT'S SUCH A DREAM He has finally accepted Ortho's death AND calls both the robot brother and the dead brother as his "brotherS"

Idia points out all the discrepancies in the dream... adfbilasdibalbiaflb I LOVE HOW EVERYONE KEEPS CALLING RSA A "SHINY" SCHOOL, Idia's all like, "No WAY is my little brother going to a school like that!"

THE DREAM ORTHO PANICS AND BEGS IDIA TO LISTEN TO HIM BADSBILADIAIDVFADIL IDIA TELLS THE DREAM ORTHO "Sorry, I don't like anyone other than anime/game characters calling me onii-chan!" IBRO, YOU'RE OUTTING YOURSELF LIEK THIS????????? ? ????? ????

He plots revenge on the person that would dare show him this disgusting dream, he's ready to FILE A COMPLAINT to them! (Watch out, Draconia, this otaku is coming for YOUR ASS) sayusdbyosfvayf What's with Malleus pissing off big bros with dead little bros...

Idia finally reunites in his dream with Robo!Ortho and apologizes for the hurtful things he said... Ortho talks about the adventures he has been on + explains what has been going on. Basically, they reconcile without a problem!

After all the summary, Idia first comments on how shocked he is that their mom hacked into his computer 🤡 Yeah, Idia... she saw everything... Ortho tells him it's okay, she didn't comment! BUT THAT MAKES IDIA EVEN MORE UPSET, "it's the worst thing for a male high school student!" It just might make him Overblot a THIRD time www

I can't believe THIS of all things is what makes Idia seek revenge on Malleus... (HE SAYS HE WANTS MALLEUS TO CRY AND BEG FOR FORGIVENESS)

Idia is really out here about to doxx Malleus huh 💀

I honestly was not expecting to cry this update (since I was thinking it would just be a flashback about how Ortho "woke up" Idia) but NOPE, I just guess every update now is going to elicit tears... I've always been highly invested in the Shroud brothers' storyline, so I'm really happy they touched on it again here and enhanced it by giving us more Shroud Mama and Papa, as well as Phantom!Ortho. It was sweet to see Idia recognize Phantom!Ortho as his brother too instead of completely renouncing him or "replacing" him with Robo!Ortho. ihbdiladqeofqbeafnasi The updates are making me like Idia more, but in the same way you'd like a character for being pathetic... Man made SO many dog chew toy nosies this time 😭

I did not expect Malleus to be so... pro-child murder/j He will stop at nothing to keep everyone under his thumb, and that's so awful. There was so much gaslighting in this part as well, even if Malleus is not directly doing it himself. The fact that his magic can just... do that on its own is... It sort of gives me the vibes of trying to enforce a toxic kind of positivity on everyone, which in of itself has its roots in his own insecurities and inability to cope with loss. He's projecting that onto everyone else, and that has very scary results as we see here.

There were a lot of memes pre-book 7 about how Malleus's inability to understand technology would come to bite him in the ass later, and all of those fans can now feel vindicated because WELL, IT CAME TRUE.

And last, but not least, I'm shocked at Idia's reason for wanting to fistfight Malleus 🤡 BRO'S MAD FR FR... WHAT MUST HIS MOM HAVE SEEN ON HIS COMPUTER TO MAKE HIM SO AGGRO... WAS IT LEWDS OR SOMETHING???????? ?? ? ??? ?????? ?? Glad that Idia is on our side now, this is an excellent place to leave off on for next time!!

[unluckycryptid]

Rise of Red Power Rangers AU

i'm known for being a huge power rangers fan around my friends/coworkers so ofc i'm doing a power rangers au for any fandom i'm apart of.

Alright Rise of Red Power Rangers AU

Red -> Red ranger (obviously)

Chloe -> Blue ranger (again, this is obvious)

Ella -> Green ranger

Bridget -> Pink ranger (obvious)

(Chris) Charming -> Yellow ranger

Special Ranger: Silver ranger -> Chad?

Notes:

Let's go with a Knights of the Round Table theme except we can call it Knights of Auradon

This is gonna be SPD inspired origin (but I'm borrowing other elements from other series)

Chloe expected to be lead ranger (even though her whole color palette is blue) bc she'd be a legacy ranger from her parents being the previous power rangers.

Queen Cinderella and King Charming are separate from Ella and Charming. Cinderella -> Cindy (former blue ranger) and King Charming -> Reginald Charming (former red ranger)

Red and Bridget are from the enemy camp of the Queen of Hearts and get the chance to escape with the help of the Sorcerer's Cookbook that they stole from the Queen of Hearts. However, during their escape, the Cookbook gets damaged, scattering all of its pages all throughout Auradon.

Chloe, Charming, and Ella have all been rangers in training and are finally allowed to see if they are worthy of their morphers.

Their morphers are Swords-in-a-Stone (kind of like Lost Galaxy), but they don't know their colors until they morph.

Luckily, all 3 are deemed worthy of their swords and are immediately sent into the field to capture intruders from Wonderland which are Red and Bridget.

When they morph for the first time, Chloe is shocked she's blue ranger but they still manage to apprehend Red and Bridget and bring them back to base.

Base is at Cinderellasburg estate in Auradon

Chloe's parents (and Charming's aunt/uncle) are the mentors of the group.

Cindy goes to talk to Red and Bridget about the Queen of Hearts, revealing they used to share a past and tries to convince them to help Auradon since they put up quite a fight with the rangers in training.

Bridget immediately takes her up on the offer, becoming the Pink ranger.

Red initially declines the offer since the Queen of Hearts is her mom and she doesn't want anything to do with her, much less fight her.

Meanwhile, Chloe goes to her dad, asking why he thinks she didn't get red ranger. King Reginald tells her that he suspects that her views on the world are too black and white and that she doesn't always see the full picture before rushing into the field with her sword.

Chloe, Ella, Charming, and Bridget are sent out in the field when the Queen sends out a monster from wonderland accompanied by tons of card soldiers and the Ace the Royal Guard.

Back at base, Red is walking around the grounds of the Cinderellasburg estate and comes across some of the background tech team composed of Faye and Zellie who somehow convince her that joining the team is what Red wants in order to prevent other people from getting hurt by her mother.

Red joins the team mid-fight when it seems like they're losing to both the monster and Ace. It is revealed that Ace and Red were really close friends in Wonderland but Ace saw Red's running away as a betrayal. Red morphs into the red ranger and reveals that all the duels the two had in the past, she let him win for his own pride.

After injuring Ace and destroying the Monster of the Week, the team celebrates, but Chloe still holds a grudge against Red being team leader.

It doesn't help when Red is in charge of training drills and puts the team through hell. She ends up getting a lesson in leadership and does all the drills herself later on.

Uliana, Hook, and Morgie are either part of the comedic relief where they're always up to something and always end up needing rescuing OR they're part of the Queen of Hearts Royal Council and become some of the villains for the rangers to defeat closer to the finale.

The main motivation for the Queen of Hearts to attack Auradon and the rangers is to get back scattered remains of the Sorcerer's Cookbook.

Chad has a guest role and serves as the temporary Silver ranger

When not in use, the team uses some magical bracelets to summon their sword morphers which are stored on the magical stone.

Their morph call would be like Mystic Force where they point their swords to the sky and say something like "For the Honor of the Kingdom!" (she-ra inspired, sue me)

Throughout their run, Red and Chloe constantly butt heads with Red going for more unconventional means while Chloe wants to follow the rules. Most of the time, they end up having to compromise. Also, they're roommates

While Bridget and Ella are also opposite personalities, they end up hitting it off fairly well.

Charming is getting into some hijinks and Bridget senses the tension between him and Ella (who often scolds him) and is often trying to do matchmaking between the two or causing ruckus in the kitchen.

Ella and Chloe have a more sisterly bond, with Chloe often going to Ella about her arguments with Red.

Red and Bridget are cousins and Bridget often gets Red's side of the argument that Chloe probably told Ella about so when Ella and Bridget get back to their shared room, they're just rolling their eyes at the two other rangers.

Chloe gets along with Bridget due to their bubbly personalities, while Ella and Red get along from their shared motherly trauma (Ella lived with her stepmother before becoming a ranger).

Chloe and Charming are the best swordspersons on the team, often dueling each other with their matches ended up tied.

Charming teaches Red how to skateboard.

Bridget and Charming are often trying to get Ella to relax and join them in some silly little activity.

Red learns motherly love from Cindy

Anyway, Red and Chloe eventually learn to work together and learn a lot about each other. That's when the romance begins >:)

Finale: The gang is invited to Castlecoming at Auradon's Grand Castle.

Red and Chloe go together and they're about to confess their feelings when the Queen of Hearts makes an appearance for the first time. With the shock, she kidnaps Cindy releases her army of cards on Auradon and the Cinderellasburg estate.

Red consoles Chloe who is already thinking the worst, and she is backed up by the other members of the team who promise to get Cindy back whatever it takes.

Against King Reginald's orders, the rangers go off and enter Wonderland.

Chad stays back to help fend off the card soldiers with the other Knights of Cinderellasburg.

Red and Bridget have to lead the team through the treacherous terrain of Wonderland but they make it and manage to sneak into the castle.

They split up: Ella, Bridget, and Charming go off to rescue Cindy. Meanwhile, Chloe and Red go to confront the Queen of Hearts.

Red tries to compromise with her mom, saying that there's gotta be another way, but she ends up initiating the first attack.

Chloe and Red end up fighting the Queen of Hearts and they're doing really well until the Queen of Hearts manages to temporarily get the upper hand. She goes to strike down Red, but Chloe steps in front of her and takes the blow.

Red rises up and takes Chloe's sword, and along with her own sword, finally goes full out against her mom.

She gets to defeat her mom and knocks her out but discovers that the army of the Queen is still not defeated and is being fueled by the Sorcerer's Cookbook which has a strong protective spell around it that even the Queen of Hearts can't stop.

The other rangers come back with Cindy and Cindy tells them there is one last option, which is to combine all of their swords into one sword. However, there's a catch: the sword can only be wielded by one person and there's a chance of them getting destroyed by its power, plus destroying the cookbook would unleash even more energy, essentially giving the wielder of the sword a death sentence.

Red steps up, saying that she'll do it, and rebukes Cindy's offer to do it since Red promised Chloe she would get her mother back. Reluctantly, they all merge their swords (Cindy is able to wield Chloe's sword since she's still unconscious and since Cindy was the former blue ranger) and Red wields the Five Sword. She manages to strike the protective shield of the cookbook and stabs the Cookbook and is holding on as a great power is about to take her out.

At the last minute, the Queen of Hearts wakes up from being unconscious and sees that Red is about to die from both wielding the sword and destroying the cookbook. She steps up, takes the sword from Red and shoves her back to the other rangers.

Finally, with a bright light, the Cookbook is destroyed, along with the Queen of Hearts to Red's dismay.

Chloe is still out and Red doesn't know what to do until Cindy suggests a True Love's Kiss.

It works and when Chloe finally comes to, she asks what happens and Red says that her mom is gone, but they won. Chloe only puts a hand on the other girl's cheek, consoling her but relieved that they won.

Time Skip: Without the Queen of Hearts, Red has claim to Wonderland's throne. She and Chloe are now a couple, currently running Wonderland. The rest of the team gets relocated to Wonderland as they have a new mission: help Red and Chloe rebuild Wonderland and join it with the United States of Auradon.

[invidioso-dogma]

New son, let me show him to you.

Same same.

But different.

But still same.

It will have a red base so it will be reasonable for him to have a red tint on his silver.

Also the shading of the gold had to change so for them I used viridian.

👍🏻

It functions so you know can't ask more than that.

I think the backpack is neat too. But it looks somewhat sinister.

The whole red silver that looks lightly bloodstained doesn't inspire confidence but what can a grey knight do.

🗡🥺💐🌈⚰️When life gives you skulls you crack them.🗡🥺💐🌈⚰️

Look at him.

Dismembered like an egyptian king.

Silently waiting for his ressurection.

And the painting cup peaking on the side.

It would have said hi but it's shy.

Maybe next time.

Also also. Got a new lamp, cause the idea of having led is cute until you realize you got the wrong type and they don't offer enough light. 🫡🙃🪢⚰️🪦

It's totally fine and on a sidenote I have a lot to say about to hobby lamp market.

Next time. Next post. 🌈

Look at it isn't it functional?

Doesn't it shine bright? I got it from a store selling nail tech equipment.

Long story- we move on because...

I forgot Osiris' Apolyon's (my sons name, I know you didn't ask) arm from the group pic.

I am sure he don't mind.

[highrhulain85]

The Key

This was one of my first 'What if?' AU ideas I had since back in 2013! I finally had the motivation to revamp, re-edit, and add additional scenes to make it more fun. This AU was about if the TFP Jasper kids had different life backgrounds, and still met the Autobots and helped them fight against the Decepticons and MECH. This story: 'What If' Jack had worked for MECH?

Words: 4162

Characters: Jack Darby, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Silas Bishop

The Key

Legend:

"Roll Out!"- Talk

What did you say? - Thought

"*Can you read me now?*"- Comm-link and radio

"Remember, Darby!" called Vince from below. "I want this place spotless when I get back in the morning!"

"Yes, sir."

The dark-haired teen just watched the red head twit march out the hanger door, scoffed moments after the door closed and resumed mopping the upper platform. He dragged the mop with hard strokes as he muttered to himself.

"'I'm head of Junior Division, so you gotta do what I say. It's 'have to do as I say', sir. 'Like I care what you think, Darby, just do your work! Clean up this place for tomorrow, it's all you're good for. Pfft! Like I want your job."

Jack walks back to his mop bucket to ring out the wet yarn, gagging at the dirty result. He paused and looked over the side rail down at the motionless figure of metal laid out below him. The giant robot humanoid was shut off for the night, placed back on its charging berth, and cleaned (That was part the Junior Divisions work, with Jack being forced to do all the cleaning) for tomorrows next combat session. Ever since he had seen it in action the first week it was brought in, he was in complete awe of it. His boss, Director Silas, had brought it from some sort of skirmish against an unknown faction. He said it was a new trophy that M.E.C.H would use for their goals or whatever BS he spouted.

Immediately after bringing it to base, they began their combat tests for their remote-control systems. Jack wasn't allowed on site, but he had a perfect view from his workstation, captivated at how such a great lumbering machine could move with such precision, power, and fluid movement that made him wish Silas had never found the thing. Heck, he even witnessed the discovery that it can transform its hands into swords that could cut through titanium and even some sort of energy cannons that can blast through the most armored shields!

Despite the full control the scientists 'say' they had on it, Jack never understood why only Silas was needed to pilot it remotely or why they had to strap it down with heavy duty strappings.

Putting the mop handle against the railing, he folded his arms to lean on the rail and looked at the shielded face of the robot. Its knight-like helmeted head gleamed under the lights, he admired the blue and silver shine that seemed interwoven with the red armored torso and the lithe strong legs and blue peds gave it a majestic presence. A true masterpiece of robotic engineering, too bad it would be used for a horrific purpose under Silas.

On one bright side, whenever Jack got the night shift in the hanger, he'd would find himself talking to it. He didn't quite understand why he did so, but he had heard once anyone working in a silent environment sometimes liked having to talk to someone, especially when who or what you're talking to doesn't mind your venting.

"Well, big guy, you were quite a mess earlier. I had to get the special cleaner to get all that dirt out of you, like it'll matter; one left over speck and I'm up to my hair in 'punishment detail' and have to clean you all over again. 'Why flip burgers for a living when you could get high pay from M.E.C.H', flipping burgers don't require all that expectation, and I could deal with pushy customers to Vince's cawing," the boy laid his head on his arms.

"But you, some kind of alien tech for us greedy humans to use for God knows what. Did you know they're building a copy of you in another hanger? I thought one of you was enough, but not when it comes with Director Bishop. I just think... maybe you weren't made for combat, you could probably be something like an automated gardener or librarian on whatever planet you came from. Your swords could be your trowels or the... cannons are actually... uh... bug repellents? Must be some big bad bugs for something like that if you even have plants on your planet. Anyway, we could use a giant gardener..."

The boy stopped for a few moments then hung his forehead on the folded arms and sighed harshly.

"I am a loser… I'm talking to an inanimate alien robot about gardening. Sigh, I think I'm going to quit and get therapy," he put a hand through his hair and looked back at his silent audience. "…but it won't help mom, she's got enough problems, 'just have to keep pushing forward' she always says. And if I work hard enough, maybe I'll find my perfect place out there. Not a deal for you, buddy, you've got your fate already laid out. Wish I could do something, hate to see something great like you get tarnished."

Jack straightened up and grabbed the mop. "Well, back to work."

He picks up the mop bucket and carries it down the ramp to the main floor and begins mopping again. He made a sweep around the berth when he spotted something shining on the floor in the dim hanger lights.

Putting the handle against the berth, he squatted down the take a closer look.

At first, he thought it was a jumbled mess of leftover wire. Yet, as he looked at it the more, it seemed to be a solid form of a masterfully crafted metal key with gleaming blue accents.

"Huh," he picked it up, stood up, and turned it over in his hand. Silver and blue seemed to twinkle in the lights that gave it a more… alien look. Jack looked up at the figure. “Guess that last field test finally knocked something off.”

He hesitates, he should really call in and inform the scientists about the piece, but they'll probably blame him for the damage instead and cut his pay. Anyway, the base was so fortified they never bothered to put cameras in the hanger so, what the heck. He took off his shoes, so not to leave shoe prints, jumped onto the berth, tenderly grabbed the red armor of the closest arm and began climbing up. He made sure his hands gripped where he wouldn't cut himself, and reached the chest area and sat up on his knees and looked around for some…

There.

An opening in between the windshield-like chest plates revealed a spot that had the same outline as the key-like object. Casting one last look at the strange key, Jack places it within the area, with some kind of locks surrounding the opening, and clicked the key in accordingly. He paused to see if something would happen, but after a few moments there was nothing. The black-haired teen straightened back up, placed his hands on his hips and nodded in accomplishment.

"Now you're back with all your pieces."

Feeling a little satisfied with himself Jack climbed back down, never noticing the key in its slot glow blue along with the opened two optics from the robot's head that followed the boy's decent from its body and berth.

Putting his shoes back on Jack continued his mopping, kicking the mop bucket to the next area; its squeaking wheels echoed in the hanger, making the teen cringe at the noise. After ringing out the dirty water from the mop head, he paused at a sudden metal groan echoing in the building. He shrugged after a second, having been used to the groans of the metal hanger that would echo in the night from the heat of Nevada sun of the day, and continued his task…

Thump…

He stopped, feeling the sudden vibration from the floor. He blinked. Was there a night combat training scheduled tonight, and Vince didn't tell me? He is 'head of the Junior Division' after all. He shook his head and went back to his mopping.

Thump… Whirl… Clang…

Jack stopped and straightened his back. That…didn't sound like a tank bomb aftershock.

Thump-klink… Thump-klink…

No tank bomb would go off in a pattern that sounded like foot-

Jack slowly looked into his mop bucket to see the ripples of the water with each vibration, and he shook as the sound crescendos.

Thump-clang, Thump-clang... THUMP-BOOM!

His grip on the mop handle tightened when the sound stopped, the hairs on the back of his neck bristled when he noticed the new shadow on the floor and the looming presence over him.

Don't turn, just run, don't turn, just run, don't turn, JUST…

Sadly, for Jack, his body didn't listen as he slowly turned around and all the air stopped in his throat as he saw the blue pillar-like legs before him; behind them, an empty berth with loose 'cut' strappings. He tilted his head up, and up, and up until his wide blue-gray eyes connect with the bright blue optics looking down at him.

The two stared at each other for a moment that felt like an eternity, until Jack finally took a soft, shaky breath when the giant blue helmeted head tilted slightly.

White knuckled with his grip on the mop handle, Jack slowly moved backwards toward the hanger doors, more towards the direction of the alarm button right next to the door controls. The blue optics narrowed (in amusement, maybe?) at this action and moved a large hand toward him. Jack finally turned around and scrabbled into a sprint, the mop clattered noisily on the floor when he dropped it and reached for the button.

He cried out in dismay when he got sudden vertigo from being scooped up and held in a sturdy, and surprising gentle, grip of the metal hand around his body. He tried to force the fingers to release him and struggled as he tried to call out to the outside.

"HELP! SOMEONE HELP! The robot is-!"

"I'm afraid whatever help available is being withheld and distracted at the moment."

The human stopped at the sound of the low baritone voice of a deity. He turned his head to the robot head and his jaw dropped when the mask shield suddenly retracted to reveal its true face. A silver face that bore a small gentle smile at the boy's reactions.

"But you need not fear me Jackson Darby, for I have no intention to harm you, or anyone of this base," then it frowned with brow plates, Jack noticed, over the optics that glanced at a certain direction. "Though there are some I'm reconsidering."

Jack's mind just locked up at this dream, or was it really a dream? The alien robot, no, this intelligent being, did not just…

"… You can talk, and you know my name…" the teen spoke softly with a staccato at the end.

The blue optics looked back at him, making him flinch, and then the metal being spoke in a serious tone.

"I know more than you believe Jackson, and though I would enjoy to finally have a decent conversation, we haven't much time and I have a more pressing question to ask you."

"Me?" the boy pointed to himself in shock.

"Where is the facility that holds the copy of my frame?"

"Uh… Oh yeah, that thing," Jack stammered as he pointed to the doors. "Just out this hanger and to the one down on the left."

Jack suddenly had to hold onto the metal thumb as the giant moved with surprising grace. The being then moved his free hand toward the door controls and Jack was amazed to see a shock coming from a finger and the controls activated the doors to fully open. They walked out onto the main tarmac, where he noticed that the whole base was quiet, except for some commotion at a far distance; not even a perimeter guard was seen from his elevated height. Wasn't this supposed to be the most fortified base in the country? If Jack was uneasy before, his was internally panicked now. He looked back up nervously at the blank face of his captor as they moved left to its next destination.

"Uh, will you let me go now?" the boy tried to plead. "I promise not to tell anyone what happened, I'll probably get fired anyway at the end of all this."

"The moment I release you will be when my mission is done," came the cryptic replay that had Jack groan silently. Moving down the tarmac they reached another hanger; Jack knew there should be guards here but again no one was around. What is going on around here?! "Is this the hanger?"

"Yeah, but the place is locked tighter and full of more alarms than the other hanger. I doubt you'll even-" he stopped when the being opened the hanger door with ease. "…open the door… how?"

They walked into the hanger as the lights flickered on, seeing consoles of computers circled around another berth with a near perfect copy of the being with a control seat connected next to it; for Silas to control no doubt. Before, where Jack admired the amazing engineering of the robot alien, he didn't have that same reaction of the copy. It looked to be made of metal from a junkyard that the scientists put together, the head had optics as well but unlike the bright optics of his captor, the copy's optics didn't look or feel alive. It seemed more...dead, cold... and heartless. Jack was glad he was never assigned to clean this hanger; the copy made him more unsettled, knowing full well he was in the warm metal hand of the original.

Speaking of which….

"Whoa, uh, great likeness, but totally not perfect of course," Jack nervously commented, when the being hummed in disapproval at the sight, smoke puffed out the smokestacks on its back. The teen looked back at the copy, not seeing the secret smirk on the silver face. He then cried out when suddenly moved to the being's red pauldron shoulder, was let go and forced to hold on to the armor as the now free hand opened a compartment in its other forearm and took out what looked like a black propane tube tank and placed it on the torso of the copy. Jack kept his silence, letting the being place more of the tank-like bombs around the hanger. Once done he found himself in the hand again and was carried out of the hanger, the being pulled the door closed and walked down the darkened tarmac to the main gate.

Feeling that the giant's mission was done he turned to the silent face, flinching when it's face shield reappeared as it frowned intently.

"Uh, now that that's taken care of, will you let me go now? ... Please, sir-!"

Jack suddenly became blinded as a pillar of light hits the being's body, he turned to the source and strained his eyes to see clearly. When his eyes adjusted, he paled, and his stomach dropped. So that's where all the guards went.

"…Crud."

Blocking the gate was an array of armored cars, vehicles with machine guns and missile launchers, and small tanks pointed directly at them. Search lights directed toward them lit up the night and infantry soldiers baring the M.E.C.H logo on their uniforms aimed their guns. Jack tried to make himself into a smaller target at the sight, wanting to fully disappear when he saw that his head boss, Director Silas Bishop, stand tall on top of one of the cars. The chiseled, barrel-chested gray-haired man stood like a statue in his cameos, a bullhorn in his hand was brought up to address the stoic and unsurprised metal being.

"NBE X, desist and return to hanger M7 immediately!" the graveled command called out, then his tone turned into a smug sneer. "Wonderful distraction you had for us, but we saw right through it before you've made your escape. You are surrounded and outgunned, so let's save ourselves from having to damage you and obey my commands!" The man then noticed that the robot was holding something, and had Vince, who was the car's driver, pointed the light at it. This illuminated the nervous face a black-haired teen from his youth corps. He was surprised at this for a second, and Vince made a squawk of recognition. Silas' face formed into an enraged snarl that amplified with the bullhorn. "Darby! Get down from there now!

Jack's heart pounded at the how the situation escalated. He tried to desperately call out to explain, but the metal hand gripped tighter around him as the being responded, making the soldiers, except Silas, flinch. Did he know the robot alien was alive before this moment?

"He will do no such thing. While this has been an interesting venture for me to be in your care, Director Silas Bishop, I am needed elsewhere." He paused to address the now distraught teen.

"I'm sorry for this Jackson, but I may have to kidnap you now."

Jack's brain stopped. "Huh?"

The hanger exploded into a great fireball.

The shockwave disrupted the M.E.C.H defense enough for the being to jump, and, shocking everyone present, especially Jack, transformed its whole body. Pieces of the metal frame twisted and turned while maneuvering the screaming boy into a cushioned seat within a formed cab, a seatbelt came around him and held him in place. The soldiers were in awe that the robot was now a red and blue Peterbilt truck cab that had gone over their heads, landed behind them, and headed toward the gate. Its engine roared as it slammed through the fortified doors, like they were made of bamboo blocks, and sped down the open road.

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL GAWKING AT?! FIRE AT WILL AND GET AFTER IT!"

On Silas’ furious order, the soldiers were snapped out of their shock and started firing at the escaping truck; the vehicles drove wide out of each other's firing range and proceeded on the chase.

Jack desperately tries to unbuckle himself, pausing when he hears the gunshots. He leans to look out the driver side mirror and sees the pursuing vehicles. He flies back when a bullet whizzed a bit too close to the window.

"Oh great! I'm being kidnapped by a giant robot alien, getting fired at in both sense of the term by my boss, and my mom is going to freak that my boss is firing at me while I'm being kidnapped by a giant robot alien!"

"There is no real need to panic Jackson," the teen jumped at the sudden voice of his captor through the dash speakers. The dashboard seemed to have more advanced tech than any normal semi-trucks, the windshield displaying a see-though map layout of the base's surrounding area and their location on the road speeding away from the base. The wide steering wheel moved by itself as it veered and dodged the barrage of shots and missiles at them. Jack saw an unusual symbol in the center of the wheel, a bold red face that stared back at him. He didn't know how long he stared at it when he was jolted in his seat as the road got bumpier when the semi swerved offroad to avoid being pincered by their pursuers.

"Ratchet, do you read me?" his captor's voice called out, at first Jack wanted to ask why he needed a ratchet tool when the being continued. "This is Optimus, objective achieved, what of your goal?"

The teen flinched when a new voice replied in the speakers.

"*M.E.C.H may have the most advanced defense networks on this planet, but it wasn't anything our scout and little genius couldn't handle.*" A cheery beep and whistle was heard. "*Yes, yes, you both did a superb job. All files have been deleted from their database; it was as if Silas never found you.*"

"Well done," the truck rapidly turned a slight skid to avoid a missile shot.

It responded by purposely running over a large rock that catapulted from its back wheels into the grill of the armored vehicle that fired the missile. Causing damage to the engine that blew out smoke and small blasts of fire, which prompted the M.E.C.H driver to hit the brakes too late as the smoke blocked their approach into a small gulch. The vehicle drove right into it, making it stop so suddenly the inertia pivoted the trunk end over and land on its canopy, causing a small explosion when the overheated missile launcher fell into a puddle of leaking fuel from the ruptured fuel tank from the crash; the soldiers barely escaped.

The red and blue semi just continued down whatever its direction was going, while Jack looked back out the window in awe after witnessing one pursuer's downfall. He jetted back in when more bullets fired back as the other vehicles gunned past their comrade's wreckage to continue the chase.

"Have the others returned safely? Is the ground bridge ready at the rendezvous?"

"*Their distraction worked perfectly and returned with no real damage, less work for me thank Primus. Coordinates set and prepped, but you'll have to accelerate, they are closing in fast, did you run into any trouble or picked up any extra cargo?*"

"Well done old friend, and... yes in a way?"

"Wait, what's going on?! Who's that?!" Jack couldn't keep quiet anymore, he just wanted this dream to end. He wanted out! "Your mission was over when you blew up the hanger, right?! I thought you were going to let me go!"

"*… Who was that? ... Optimus… Please tell me you didn't-*"

"Approaching rendezvous point," announced Optimus, Jack's eyes widened at the sight of an approaching deep canyon rim. "Activate the bridge."

"*Optimus Prime! We've had this discussion! You can't just-*"

"Ratchet…" More shots from their pursuers echoed in the dawning sky as they were closing in, the truck's belt tightened around Jack who screamed in panic and tried to hit the brakes by habit, but the cliff edge only got closer.

Silas' vehicle closed in behind them, the man furiously ordering two of his tank escorts to fire artillery.

"*STOP CUTTING ME OFF YOU SLAGGER! We already have to deal with-!*"

Artillery rounds landed next to the truck, just missing it by inches. The impacts had dirt shoot up to coat the doors and shrapnel scraping against the truck's frame, making Jack curl further into a ball as much as the seatbelt would let him.

"WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

"NOW, RACTHET!"

Silas looked on, enraged, as a swirling light of a green-blue portal appeared out of nowhere at the canyons rim, the truck drove into it, then the portal instantly disappeared without a trace. The cars and tanks stop near the cliff edge, Vince winced when Silas slammed their car door as he got out and frowned at the empty space of the canyon. He rounded on the surrounding soldiers, their fear of his anger had them backing up. "USELESS, all of you! You let them get away!" he roared as he whipped his wrist out to yell into his comm watch. "Please tell me there's something we can salvage!"

"*Sorry sir," came the nervous reply from the blast site of the destroyed hanger. "*The robot used some kind acid compound in the explosives, everything inside and perimeter of the warehouse was obliterated.*"

"Grr… at least melt down any metal you can find, we'll just rebuild."

"*Um… about that sir. All files and schematics of the alien robot and prototype were hacked and deleted from the database… it's been wiped clean, and all hard copies were burned.*"

Vince and the M.E.C.H soldiers moved further back at the reddened rage blooming on their boss's face.

Morning birds had to stop singing their dawn chorus in the canyon trees flew away at the roaring shout.

"WHAT?!"

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F@<K U Silas! :P{ And there you have it. I'm sad to say this story is a standalone, I didn't make the rest since back then I didn't have time or motivation as I was attending college (I've already graduated btw! X3) and I have other story projects in the works right now. I already uploaded this story on my Ao3 and DeviantArt and will update it with the version I've posted here. Hope you liked it and let me know what you think. See ya later!

[silver---linings]

"THROWERS BEWARE! TRY TO THROW ME AND I'LL STRIKE YOU DOWN WITH MY BLADE!" Silver proclaimed while dawning his tech knight armor and striking a cool pose.

Crickets chirping.

"What do you mean it's not Thursday anymore?"

"... I put all this armor on for nothing. At least I look awesome."

[silverspectre51]

DP: Dead Inside and Out

Amity Park, May 2008. Casper High graduation.

It had been an uneventful ceremony, made unique only by the school's odd mascot and the people themselves. Suddenly, as it neared a close, the lights went out and the large screens went to static. Just as quickly, the picture settled on three of the graduates, only they weren't wearing robes anymore.

Danny Fenton, Sam Manson, and Austin Kavanagh looked far different than they had as meager Freshmen. Of course, four years of bullying, ghost fights, and insufficient sleep will do that to you. Add on the rest of their trauma, and it was jarring to say the least.

Sam was dressed as darkly as she had ever been. Black leather, spikes, piercings, boots somehow even bigger than before. Her hair was longer, her makeup darker, and her expression a constant scowl. Her bass guitar was decked out to match.

Austin Kavanagh, once a genius technogeek, had joined his friends at the bottom of the class. He had always worn a black hoodie and shoes, but now his jeans were black too. Where once he was always seen in a bright yellow, Lion King shirt, he now wore a dull, gray, My Chemical Romance "Welcome to the Black Parade" tee. His dirty blond hair was chin length where it had once been close to a buzz, and a scruffy beard had started to grow. He proudly displayed a new silver ring as he sat behind a black drum set.

Danny was perhaps the biggest change of all. His big, blue eyes had dimmed, his hair was messy and shoulder-length, and he had grown a tidy, black chin beard. Blue jeans and red shoes were now black, as was the spiked, leather jacket he wore. His old NASA shirt now had a red circle with a line through it spray painted on. His nails were painted black, and he wore an even larger ring than his husband.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this will be the last-ever performance of The Rocking Dead!"

Everyone heard Danny's voice, but they were confused to say the least. This was the name of the town's resident superheroes-turned-rock band. Of ghost vigilantes- criminals- that the Guys in White had been pursuing for years. What did this mean?

"This one goes out to Dash and Paulina. Screw you."

The band launched into their newest song, MONSTERS. As the chorus started, they transformed into the aforementioned ghosts. However, these forms, too, had changed.

Phantom's suit was now kingly regalia, and the Drs. Fenton instantly recognized the Crown of Fire and the Ring of Rage. Spectre's (Austin's) similar suit was similarly replaced, only in a more high-tech fashion. Lastly, Nightshade was now decked out in armor befitting her position as the new Fright Knight.

As the song continued, several images flashed on screen, each lasting for a short time. The first was an image of Vlad Masters, the town's mayor, which labeled him as a Froot Loop. The second outed his secret identity as Vlad Plasmius, drawing outrage from the Drs. Fenton. The third was an image of Sam's parents and the message "Ida was a better parent than either of you." The fourth was an image of Austin's parents and the message "Where is your God now?"

The last was a picture of Jazz Fenton winking and the message "World's Best Mom." She and Austin's sisters smiled as they watched safely from Phantom's Keep. The Drs. Fenton screamed hate and profanity, as expected. Finally, the song ended, and Danny spoke in a close-up. His eyes glowed red as he spoke not with anger, but disappointment.

"This message is being broadcast worldwide. I am Phantom, King of the Infinite Realms. Four years ago, the United States Government declared war on the dead. I tried diplomacy, but they insist that we are not sentient. That we are inherently evil."

"They are wrong. It is the living who are evil, consumed by greed, lust, and power. This is your first and final warning: war is coming. There is no hope, no mercy, and no surrender. Only fate."

"Prepare to be destroyed."